Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: NASA astronaut Tim Kopra knows the shuttle may never fly again after his mission next year, but he also knows astronauts almost never say “never.” (MSNBC — 16 October, 2009)+ related stories

Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Is the future trying to save us from ourselves? A scientific paper about the currently broken Large Hadron Collider floats that suggestion. (MSNBC — 12 hours ago)+ related stories